Any mic could have been used to allow us to voice shouts. But they chose to lock that behind an $80 device. By supporting that you support locking game mechanics behind dongles. That’s not immersion no matter how you spin it.
I’ll come back and add if Bethesda would have released that mechanic to all mics, we all would be speaking dovakin like trekies speak klingon. That would have added to the immersion by bringing the game language to life. As is, it was a marketing ploy that only worked on those that had already bought the device. It was not marketed well, by forcing purchase of a new peice of equipment instead of allowing all to access the program, it was never allowed into the actually gaming zeitgeist past a niche novelty.(again speaking of the language not the poorly conceived connect device) See, the actual device and the program that patches skyrim are actually not the same thing. They just locked the program to only slave for that one $80 device. Yes. Very immersive.
only other games i even know of that utilize a mic in that way are guitar hero, rock band, and that alien game. but they just detect pitch and sound not specific words
i actually looked it up, its because the kinect already came with a built in voice recognition software for devs to use. but if they wanted a regular mic to work, theyd have to make their own software for it which would be more time and effort for something not everybody’s going to use
a shame as it would be really fun if every game had that
I only remember it allowed you to speak shouts. While interesting use, memorizing made up words was not on my list of fun.
Skyrim actually supported a load of commands . And it worked pretty reliably with my weird foreign accent.
(Ekvip duul wepöns. …Ekvip bou. Kvik seiv.)
It actually made sense to use those a lot of times. I felt it went way past the gimmick territory!
Some of the Mass Effect games also let you issue squad commands through Kinect. It was handy.
what a barbarian thing to say.
/s
too immersive for some i guess. made me feel like the real dragonborn
So, the fact they could have done this with any mic you plug in but didn’t, is just too immersive? You’re totally right.
im not sure what youre trying to say
Any mic could have been used to allow us to voice shouts. But they chose to lock that behind an $80 device. By supporting that you support locking game mechanics behind dongles. That’s not immersion no matter how you spin it.
I’ll come back and add if Bethesda would have released that mechanic to all mics, we all would be speaking dovakin like trekies speak klingon. That would have added to the immersion by bringing the game language to life. As is, it was a marketing ploy that only worked on those that had already bought the device. It was not marketed well, by forcing purchase of a new peice of equipment instead of allowing all to access the program, it was never allowed into the actually gaming zeitgeist past a niche novelty.(again speaking of the language not the poorly conceived connect device) See, the actual device and the program that patches skyrim are actually not the same thing. They just locked the program to only slave for that one $80 device. Yes. Very immersive.
so…why havent they done it again?
only other games i even know of that utilize a mic in that way are guitar hero, rock band, and that alien game. but they just detect pitch and sound not specific words
Seaman on the Dreamcast when it launched was pretty crazy.
It came with the mic when you bought it.
forgot about that one. funny little game
Good question. I honestly have no clue. It’s ridiculous we can talk to NPC’s at this point with our actual voice.
I mean they have mods to add the Voice Activated Shouts to any nexus mod manager. Why is it that Bethesda relies on mods to correct their crap games?
i actually looked it up, its because the kinect already came with a built in voice recognition software for devs to use. but if they wanted a regular mic to work, theyd have to make their own software for it which would be more time and effort for something not everybody’s going to use
a shame as it would be really fun if every game had that
Nexus mods exist. Microsoft and Bethesda locked that behind a dongle.
They’re saying that you’re saying the input device was what made it immersive and not the language. What a silly thing for you to say, come on.
not at all what i said but okay. what a silly comment to make, come on
It wasn’t silly. You literally think the konict was the immersive part.
not what i said, again
it was only used on kinect. if it was on mics, would you complain they locked that behind owning a mic?
No, because a mic at that time was basically required for several devices. They were everywhere.
Sorry hit reply to the wrong person 😅 and yes, this☝️
I should’ve added a /s!
How was any of that sarcastic?